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No Silly Questions- An Education Podcast for ParentsAre all stuffed animals created equal? With Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen of SlumberkinsMany children receive comfort from a cherished blanket, stuffed animal, or lovey. Today, we’re speaking with the team at Slumberkins, who elevate these comfort items to help parents address tricky topics in an intentional way.Kelly Oriard - Chief Therapeutic Officer- and Callie Christensen - Chief Brand Officer - are the co-founders of Slumberkins, a children’s education and emotional health brand. Kelly is a mother, licensed family therapist and school counselor, and Callie is a mother and educator turned entrepreneur. Slumberkins is changing the way children and families access the content and strategies usua...
2025-07-0628 min
The Money Hungry MamaMama’s Got Slumberkins: Building a Heart-Led Brand from the Nursery Floor to National TVWhat happens when two best friends, a therapist and a teacher, team up during maternity leave with a sewing machine, a Sharpie, and a dream? You get Slumberkins — a brand that’s redefining emotional intelligence for the next generation.In this powerhouse episode, Brittany sits down with Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen, the co-founders of Slumberkins, to unpack how they grew their handmade loveys into a nationally recognized, purpose-driven brand. We’re talking Shark Tank rejection (and why that was a blessing), a magical meeting with Jim Henson Co., and the wild ride to their own Apple TV+ sh...
2025-06-2348 min
Momwell244: The Importance of Emotional Learning as a Mom with Kelly Oriard & Callie Christensen, Co-Founders of SlumberkinsMany of us want to foster emotional learning for our kids and support them as they navigate their big feelings—but we don’t always have the right tools in our toolbox. In fact, we’re often learning these skills for ourselves while we try to teach them to our children. That’s why I’m so grateful for Slumberkins—a brand committed to supporting parents and offering them tangible tools and resources to help foster their kids’ emotional health. This week on The Momwell Podcast, I’m joined by the co-founders of Slumberkins, Kelly Oriard and Callie Christense...
2024-09-2554 minMomwell244: The Importance of Emotional Learning as a Mom with Kelly Oriard & Callie Christensen, Co-Founders of SlumberkinsMany of us want to foster emotional learning for our kids and support them as they navigate their big feelings—but we don’t always have the right tools in our toolbox. In fact, we’re often learning these skills for ourselves while we try to teach them to our children. That’s why I’m so grateful for Slumberkins—a brand committed to supporting parents and offering them tangible tools and resources to help foster their kids’ emotional health. This week on The Momwell Podcast, I’m joined by the co-founders of Slumberkins, Kelly Oriard and Callie Christense...
2024-09-251h 00
The MomForce Podcast Hosted by ChatbooksEmotional Learning in Motherhood: Slumberkins Co-Founders on 'All Feelings Welcome'Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen are the founders of Slumberkins, a brand that's reimagining how parents approach emotional learning with their kids. As a former family therapist and special education teacher, they have poured their hearts into creating over a dozen characters and stories to help guide kids through emotions, and they are having a big impact on parents too. In fact, they just published a book, All Feelings Welcome, just for parents, to embrace the full range of emotions, so we can break the cycles of burnout and over-pleasing.You're going to love hearing how their journey started, h...
2024-09-1047 min
The Unofficial Shopify PodcastSlumberkins: From Craft Fairs to Shark TankAlso available with video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/-qxIqPtAYhEJoin us as we explore the journey of Kelly Oriard and Kaylee Christensen, founders of Slumberkins, an emotional wellness brand dedicated to fostering children's self-esteem and mindfulness.Learn how these educators-turned-entrepreneurs brought Bigfoot and Sloth to life and navigated high-stakes environments like Shark Tank and the Silicon Valley Bank crash.Discover how their focus on transparency, authenticity, and community support transformed challenges into opportunities, leading to a TV show with the Jim Henson Company.Tune in to hear their practical strategies for building a resilient brand...
2024-06-1151 min
The Dude TherapistFrom Bedtime to Bravery: Empowering Young Minds With Emotional Learning w/ SlumberkinsSummary
The Slumberkins founders, Kelly and Kaylee, discuss emotional health and wellness for children, the creation of their business, and the impact of their products. They emphasize the importance of emotional wellness for parents and children, the challenges of parenting in the digital age, and the need for a shift in the narrative around emotional growth and wellness.
Kelly Oriard is the co-founder and Chief Therapeutic Officer at Slumberkins, a children’s education and emotional health brand. She holds a dual master's degree in Marriage and Fam...
2024-06-0549 min
Honest EcommerceInvest in Community-Driven Success | Callie Christensen & Kelly Oriard | SlumberkinsKelly Oriard is the co-founder and Chief Therapeutic Officer at Slumberkins, a children’s education and emotional health brand. She holds a dual master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and School Counseling. As a therapist, school counselor, and mother, Oriard is passionate about changing how we support mental and emotional wellbeing for children and families. As the author behind the character storylines at Slumberkins, Kelly is changing the way children and families can access the content and strategies, usually found in a family therapy session, in a fun, easy-to-use way that creates healing and brin...
2024-01-2934 min
Your Child is Normal: with Dr Jessica HochmanEp 107: Slumberkins: Using play to support your child's emotional growth ! with Kelly & Callie, creators of SlumberkinsSend us a textAsk Dr Jessica Episode 107 with educator Callie Christensen and therapist Kelly Oriard. They are the co-CEOs and co-Founders of Slumberkins, which are essentially characters in the form of a stuffed animal that come with a themed book, bringing these characters to life. Slumberkins will make more sense as you hear the interview--but essentially Slumberkins are designed to help kids navigate through different emotions, all with the goal to help promote healthy, positive emotional development. These Slumberkins first made their appearance on Shark Tank, and they have since gone on to grow into apple original...
2023-10-0926 min
BG CASTBG CAST 22: Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, the Co-CEO's of Slumberkins; Spotlight on Rosemary Galanter, Grad CoachIn today's episode, we get to have a conversation with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, the Co-CEO's of Slumberkins and alums of Prairie High School. We'll hear about their journey as educators, parents, and how Slumberkins came to be. We'll shine the spotlight on Rosemary Galanter, one of our grad coaches in the district. And we get started with the game, "What country did this weird sport originate from?"
2023-05-2445 min
The Dr. Rod Berger Channel - Stories That Meet The MomentCallie Christensen and Kelly Oriard | The Duo Behind Slumberkins | Headroom With Dr. Rod BergerSlumberkins is a wonderful show for children streaming on AppleTV+. By emphasizing positivity, connection, and authenticity, Slumberkins supports a strong foundation for lifelong emotional wellness.
Get the inside scoop on two moms, a dream, and countless trips to find material. Slumberkins is produced by the Jim Henson Company and extends resources beyond the show and into the hands of parents and educators across the country.
Dr. Rod Berger is a keynote speaker, moderator, producer, author, and expert in strategic storytelling. Berger’s book, The Narrative Edge: Authentic Storytelling That Meets The Moment (Wiley), hits bookst...
2023-01-2035 min
The RoadcastWhy Not Us? | The Roadcast Ep 14 / SlumberkinsIt’s been a minute! But we are back, and back with an amazing episode!
A therapist and a teacher by trade, Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen started Slumberkins as a side hustle out of their homes 6 years ago. Fast fast forward to today where they can now add Co-executive producers to the list as The Jim Henson Company has produced Slumberkins into a children’s TV show that is distributed by Apple TV plus. Recorded in Hollywood during early days of production we hope you enjoy and we’ll see you down the road!
2023-01-1020 min
Flipboard EDU PodcastEpisode 77: Slumberkins with Callie Christensen and Kelly OriardAs parents, teachers, and educators, our goal is to provide a strong foundation for lifelong emotional wellness in all children. Since the pandemic, educators have noticed a need to help students adjust to going to school again. To do this, educators have scrambled for resources that emphasize positivity, connection, and authenticity. Meet Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard—the creators of Slumberkins. Through its innovative products and programs, Slumberkins has become a movement committed to helping kids build social-emotional skills.Kelly and Callie recognized the need while they were both working as educators in the school system before th...
2022-12-1230 minFlipboard EDU PodcastEpisode 77: Slumberkins with Callie Christensen and Kelly OriardAs parents, teachers, and educators, our goal is to provide a strong foundation for lifelong emotional wellness in all children. Since the pandemic, educators have noticed a need to help students adjust to going to school again. To do this, educators have scrambled for resources that emphasize positivity, connection, and authenticity. Meet Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard—the creators of Slumberkins. Through its innovative products and programs, Slumberkins has become a movement committed to helping kids build social-emotional skills.Kelly and Callie recognized the need while they were both working as educators in the school system before th...
2022-12-1230 min
Flipboard EDU PodcastEpisode 77: Slumberkins with Callie Christensen and Kelly OriardAs parents, teachers, and educators, our goal is to provide a strong foundation for lifelong emotional wellness in all children. Since the pandemic, educators have noticed a need to help students adjust to going to school again. To do this, educators have scrambled for resources that emphasize positivity, connection, and authenticity. Meet Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard—the creators of Slumberkins. Through its innovative products and programs, Slumberkins has become a movement committed to helping kids build social-emotional skills.Kelly and Callie recognized the need while they were both working as educators in the school system before th...
2022-12-1230 min
EmotionAL Support with Alessandra Torresani”Slumberkins” with Callie Christensen & Kelly Oriard - the co-CEOs and co-Founders of SlumberkinsCallie Christensen and Kelly Oriard are the co-CEOs and co-Founders of Slumberkins, a leading children’s brand promoting healthy emotional development through stories and characters in the form of consumer products, books, content, music, school-based curriculum. Their original storytelling and cuddly creatures provide tools to help raise caring, confident, and resilient children. Their new children's show, produced in partnership with The Jim Henson Company, begins streaming on Apple TV+ on November 4, 2022.
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2022-10-0444 min
Fostering ChangeEmpowering children to be caring, confident and resilient: SlumberkinsIn this week's episode of Fostering Change, Rob Scheer talks with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard. Callie and Kelly are Co-CEOs and Co-Founders of Slumberkins, a direct-to-consumer, e-commerce children's brand on a mission to promote emotional wellness and provide tools to help raise caring, confident and resilient children. Callie and Kelly started their business with a culmination of more than 20 years of friendship and a shared life passion for promoting early emotional learning. As mothers with backgrounds in family therapy and early education, they identified a need for intentional children's products while on maternity leave together in 2016. Now...
2022-09-1329 min
MomCave LIVEHelping Kids Through Trauma and Big Emotions | Slumberkins Co-Founders | The Breakdown with Bethany | MomCaveTVParenting editor Bethany Braun Silva interviews Slumberkins co-founders Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen.Kelly, Callie, and Bethany discuss how to help kids navigate emotions and how parents can help kids through traumatic events happening in our world. Stay tuned for more episodes of The Breakdown with Bethany coming soon!-----------------------------------------📌 Join our email list for exclusive content, new videos, giveaways, and free nannies. (Okay, that part's a lie...): http://eepurl.com/SJxVj⚡️Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MomCaveTV👍 us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MomCaveTV👉 Sub on YouTube htt...
2022-06-0317 min
No One is Coming to Save UsThe Hidden Life Skills in Simon SaysThere are so many skills young kids need to learn, but what can parents and caregivers do to teach them? First, Gloria learns about the seven essential life skills every child needs with the researcher who developed them: Ellen Galinsky, Chief Science Officer at the Bezos Family Foundation. Ellen tells Gloria that even though games like Simon Says may not have been conceived as a way to teach young kids executive functioning skills, they're actually an incredible way to do just that. Then, Gloria is joined by Slumberkins co-founders Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen, who have created ways to...
2022-06-0253 min
The Modern Mommy Doc PodcastTeaming Up for Our Kids with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard from SlumberkinsThis week, Dr. Whitney chats with Slumberkins founders and CEOs, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard about their leading children’s educational brand that is on a mission to promote early emotional learning. They talk through educators and parents teaming up to create the best environment for kiddos to thrive with their skills they’re learning. Lastly, they talk about how feelings are real and valid, but are not permanent and don’t change anything about us as humans. Learn more about the episode HERE: modernmommydoc.com/teaming-up-for-our-kids-with-callie-christensen-and-kelly-oriard-from-slumberkins
2022-04-2132 min
The Mom Manual#031 - How to Raise Caring, Confident and Resilient Children with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, Co-founders and Co-CEOs of SlumberkinsUse code MANUAL10 for 10% off a one time purchase at slumberkins.com
Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard are the co-CEOs and co-Founders of Slumberkins, a Direct-to-Consumer, e-commerce, children’s brand on a mission to promote emotional wellness and provide tools to help raise caring, confident, and resilient children. The brand is refreshing the plush toy industry, and resonating with parents that find community on social media platforms and seek out modern, new, and intentional products to bring into their homes. Slumberkins is on the forefront of brand building online as they expand into children’s entertainment by brin...
2022-03-2434 min
The Compassionate Educators ShowEpisode 47: Social Emotional Learning with Slumberkins, Featuring Kelly Oriard and Callie ChristiansenThere is one company who is making waves in bringing together social emotional learning in children's homes and schools in a fun and unique way. Join me as I sit down with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, the creators and CEOs of Slumberkins, who are dedicated to helping families raise caring, confident, and resilient children through affirmations, stories and cuddly creature characters.This episode is for teachers and parents alike who desire an innovative way to bond with their children and inspire imagination, establish healthy thoughts, and soothe anxiety and worry. As a...
2022-02-2534 min
Innovation with Mark Peter DavisEmotional Learning Products for Kids… and Their Parents with the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of SlumberkinsFor this week’s episode, I chatted with Kelly Oriard & Callie Christensen, the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Slumberkins.Slumbkerins is a pre-school brand aiming to support families in the emotional wellness development of their children with educational products. Through carefully crafted characters and stories they’ve packaged psychological techniques up to make it easy for parents to help teach their kids about emotions. If you visit their website you’ll see that one way they sort the products is by theme: creativity, family change, mindfulness, self-esteem.Before Slumberkins, Kelly was a school therapist and Callie was a...
2021-12-161h 01
Passage to Profit Show - Road to EntrepreneurshipUsing Pro Sports to Build Brands & Companies with Wally Green & Natlyn Jones, 06-06-2021In this episdoe, hear from Wally Green, a celebrity table tennis pro, entertainer and co-founder of the SPIN brand, an iconic ping-pong social club in NYC and in major cities across America. Growing up in one of the most dangerous housing projects in Brooklyn, at a very young age, Wally sought protection through gangs, guns, and violence. In the midst of all the abuse and turmoil in his life, at a late age he found a totally unusual sport and excelled, becoming one of the most Internationally famous and entertaining American table tennis players in the world! Wally has...
2021-06-0853 min
Overheard: Where Venture Meets Culture18. “If you’re a pandemic baby and you’ve been in quarantine your whole life... clap your hands” with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard of SlumberkinsPandemics and quarantine and kiddos, oh my! As the US passes the one-year mark since the COVID-19 quarantine began, we’re diving into the way this past year has impacted Generation C and their parents — the relationship with each other, new routines, emotional wellbeing, e-learning, and so much more. JoJo, Ryan, and Rick are joined by special guests, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, co-founders and co-CEOs of Slumberkins to dish on the boogers and beauty of quarantine. A word from our portfolio: Slumberkins is a leading children’s brand promoting early emotional learning. Each of their c...
2021-04-2649 min
Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing[CVC Episode #124] - Teaching emotional life skills to children through creatures and story telling with Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, founders of SlumberkinsHello! Thank you Rick Desai for introducing me to today's guests on the podcast, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, founders of Slumberkins. Slumberkins is a leading children’s educational brand on a mission to promote early emotional learning through a combination of creatures and story telling.In this episode we learn how they accidentally stumbled upon entrepreneurship, how they fundraised without a lead investor (super creative), and how to grow a business organically.If you believe authentic story telling drives consumer brands, you’ll enjoy this episode. If you’re looking for inspirat...
2021-04-2244 min
Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | TechnologyCallie Christensen and Kelly Oriard (Slumberkins) - Creating stories to help teach children emotional learning, scaling organically and fundraising when you don't have a lead investorThank you Rick Desai for introducing me to today's guests Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard, founders of Slumberkins. Slumberkins is a leading children’s educational brand on a mission to promote early emotional learning through a combination of creatures and story telling. We're going to learn what they believe was missing in a child's development, how they scaled organically, and maybe the most creative way I've heard to successfully fundraise as well as lots of other amazing parts to their journey. Without further ado, here's Callie and Kelly.Some of the questions I ask Ca...
2021-04-2244 min
Voice Lessons PodcastA Lesson In Trust with Kelly Oriard & Callie ChristensenWhile they were on maternity leave together, best friends Kelly Oriard & Callie Christensen created the kind of toys they wanted their children to play with, ones that would help them to become caring, confident, and resilient children. They called them Slumberkins. Now four short years later, they’ve built a multi-million dollar children’s brand based on their experiences as passionate educators and moms. In this episode, we discuss trust and intentional branding with our first-ever duo! TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: Developing a product that brings purpose and meaning What are Slumberkins and how are they...
2020-05-2031 min
Baby Got BackstoryBGBS 023: Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard | Slumberkins | Believe In YourselfBGBS: 023: Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard Founders and CEOs of Slumberkins, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard share how they started as two best friends telling stories of sloths and Bigfoot for fun and turned it into a multimillion-dollar business. This business is based on all-around storytelling. Stories have the power to provide meaning and clarity around some of life’s most challenging moments. These moms used their natural skills and expertise to equip parents with invaluable resources. Find out how the two found themselves deconstructing plush blankets to pitching their business idea on Shark Tank, and everything in between.
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2020-04-2953 min
Miracle Mama PodcastChildren's Emotional Wellness with the founders of SlumberkinsKelly Oriard and Callie Christensen share the story behind their company, Slumberkins, an educational brand providing social-emotional learning tools for young children, and also discuss tips and tricks for promoting wellbeing in our children and in our personal relationships.
2020-04-1737 min
The MentorsHow Two Moms Bootstrapped A Children's Product To Millions, With The Co-CEOs of SlumberkinsBy the time Callie and Kelly were selected to pitch at Shark Tank, Slumberkins had surpassed one million dollars in revenue, all with no outside investment. What started off as a weekend side hustle for these two new moms turned into a retail and content business with 10 employees and a potential TV deal that's in the making. Listeners of The Mentors can get 20% off of their first order of Slumberkins by using the code 'mentors' at checkout. Visit https://slumberkins.com/.In this episode the founders break down exactly how they got their s...
2019-05-2934 min